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This week’s flooding in Vermont, in which heavy rainfall caused destruction far from rivers or coastlines, is evidence of an especially dangerous climate threat: Catastrophic flooding can increasingly happen anywhere, with almost no warning. And the United States, experts warn, is nowhere close to ready for that threat. The idea that anywhere it can rain, it can flood, is not …

Image: Larian Studios Baldur’s Gate 3 entered early access almost three years ago, so players have had ample time to take its opening hours for a spin. If you’re one of them, you may have even seen the RPG’s first few acts several times at this point. However, if you’re gearing up to play the full game when it launches …

After Sen. Tommy Tuberville said Monday night on CNN that white nationalism is not racist and that “most white people” in the military actually are white nationalists, the hosts of “The View” were stunned on Tuesday morning. For host Sunny Hostin, Tuberville’s words make him nothing more than “an example” of his state’s “very, very low education rate.” Tuberville’s comments …

ChatGPT, the artificial-intelligence-powered chatbot made by OpenAI, has wowed the world in recent months with the text it can generate. Now the chatbot is delighting users anew by creating charts and maps and turning images into videos. That’s because of a new feature that OpenAI rolled out to ChatGPT Plus subscribers last week, called code interpreter. Here’s what to know …

Proponents of the Rust programming language have formed the Rust Leadership Council, to serve as the top-level governance body of the Rust Project. The change follows some disgruntlement in the Rust community over the project’s leadership and governance. Announced June 20, the Rust Leadership council will assume responsibility for top-level governance concerns while most responsibilities of the Rust Project, such …

Microsoft just held its latest ID@Xbox showcase highlighting a slew of indie games that will make their way onto Xbox platforms. While this is not saying all these games will be console exclusive, Xbox wanted to highlight just a handful of some of the many wonderful indie titles that its fans can look forward to in the future. If you …

With its grim color palette, rampant paranoia, and emphasis on S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, Secret Invasion is clearly trying to mimic the political thriller vibe of one of the most acclaimed Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Every so often, this franchise attempts to recapture the lightning-in-a-bottle success of that motion picture by delivering another gritty title grounded in …

Adam Birney / Android Authority Roku’s best streaming hardware is on sale today, and while it might be Prime-adjacent, you don’t need a subscription to the Amazon service to capitalize on these offers. There’s over 30% off many of the top Roku streaming devices on Amazon right now, dropping many of the products to their best price ever. The Roku …

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has told the Scottish government its proposals to decriminalise drugs for personal use would do “untold damage to our neighbourhoods”. Scottish drugs minister Elena Whitham announced the plans on Friday – which would require the backing of the UK government – along with a framework for the creation of safe consumption rooms and the consideration of …

Microsoft scored a partial victory in its bid to acquire Activision Blizzard this week, with a US district court judge in the US paving the way for the deal to go through. However, the $68.7 billion merger is not signed and completed yet, and some key hurdles remain, including the status of the buyout in the UK. Following Microsoft’s partial …